Here’s Your Weekend: Go See The Motels, Death Grips, and Kehlani

Outside Lands is just three weeks away so mark your calendars and prep with awesome, entirely unrelated to the festival live music. There is still…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Bootsy Collins, Bhi Bhiman, and Tender Gents

Ah, what a week. Better yet, what a weekend for music. Hit it: Friday: Funkify your life as Bootsy Collins takes over the Fillmore tonight…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Punch Brothers, Kimya Dawson, and Shabazz Palaces

I survived Wrestlemania and I got a t-shirt out of the whole deal. This weekend is made for chilling out and decompressing after three days…

Appealing Events: The Kills at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: The Kills at the Fillmore

The formidable duo of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince (aka the Kills) return to SF tonight for an intimate show at the Fillmore. The band…

Constant Innovation: Metronomy Plays the Fillmore

Constant Innovation: Metronomy Plays the Fillmore

If you’ve been keeping up with the weird news of the world, (read: Texas) you’ve probably seen the live footage of a $700,000 mansion overlooking…

Appealing Events: Die Antwoord at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Die Antwoord at the Fillmore

South African outfit Die Antwoord are just one week away from unleashing their third album upon the world. Donker Mag follows 2012’s Ten$Ion, an album…

Appealing Events: Jason Isbell at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Jason Isbell at the Fillmore

First we had our own Fauxchella line-up in SF, and now we’ve got Stagefaux: a bit of artists headed up from Indio after playing the…

Appealing Events: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Play the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Play the Fillmore

As her latest album suggests, Sharon Jones is ready to Give the People What They Want. Tracks were laid down for her LP right before…

Keeping it Fresh: Galactic Plays the Fillmore

Keeping it Fresh: Galactic Plays the Fillmore

Now that winter’s over and the year is progressing at a far faster, sunnier pace, it’s a good time to take stock of things. This…

Appealing Events: Volcano Choir at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Volcano Choir at the Fillmore

It may have taken Volcano Choir four years to release their sophomore LP, Repave, but that doesn’t mean the Justin Vernon-led band had been silent….

Appealing Events: Colin Meloy at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Colin Meloy at the Fillmore

Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy is embarking on his first solo tour in five years and is headed to SF to make your weekend that much…

Ring In The New Year Right: Five Shows That’ll End 2013 With A Bang

Ring In The New Year Right: Five Shows That’ll End 2013 With A Bang

It’s that time of the year again. You know, where the year ends. Maybe you’re unwilling to brave the hypergentrification of Oakland to get your…

True To Form: Sirah Plays The Fillmore

True To Form: Sirah Plays The Fillmore

Pat yourselves on the back, San Francisco, you’ve got yourself another fan. One who is willing to act a little silly, roll in with the…

Appealing Events: Jeff Tweedy at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Jeff Tweedy at the Fillmore

Wilco mastermind and prolific songwriter Jeff Tweedy has gone solo on his latest tour and is taking his gift of crafting heart-wrenching lyrics to the…

Conversational Connection: The Dismemberment Plan Plays the Fillmore

Conversational Connection: The Dismemberment Plan Plays the Fillmore

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better conversationalist than The Dismemberment Plan‘s frontman Travis Morrison. Known for his conversational style and near-deadpan delivery, a simple…

Appealing Events: Black Joe Lewis at the Fillmore

Appealing Events: Black Joe Lewis at the Fillmore

If you thought with the year winding down, that there’d be less music in the city to enjoy, you’d be fantastically damn wrong. Brush off…

Reunited on the Home Front: the Breeders Play the Fillmore

Reunited on the Home Front: the Breeders Play the Fillmore

The Breeders are a global band in the sense that there’s no strict region they can claim as their true hometown. Members hail from the…